If you are called upon to shoulder additional responsibilities today, you will likely find yourself becoming increasingly hyper as the day wears on. You may adopt a frenetic pace in order to cope with these added obligations, thus causing yourself a great deal of physical and emotional stress. You can avoid endangering your well-being in this way by simply taking a break whenever you begin to feel overwhelmed by your schedule. You may also need to learn to say no to the requests people make of you, even when this refusal makes you feel you are shirking your duty. As you relax in between tasks today, you can regain much of the stamina and energy depleted during earlier bouts of activity.

If we view hyperactivity as an indication that we are pushing ourselves too hard, we can interpret our excess of agitated energy as a sign that it is time to slow down and to focus on preserving our own well-being. Though life may make extravagant demands on us, it is important that we learn to recognize those times when our minds and bodies are in need of respite. Stress can seem to energize us when, in actuality, it drains our reservoirs of energy until we are left fighting a tide of exhaustion. When we are willing to acknowledge that our overexcited state is indicative of growing fatigue, we can avoid burning ourselves out or taxing our energy reserves to the breaking point. Since you recognize that your keyed-up mood is a sign of stress today, you will always know when to take a break.